Monday, 22 June 2009

In Britain the weather is an often talked about subject. It's written about in the press a lot too.And lots of what is written is absolute nonsense.Take today for example, in the Daily Mail. 'Hotter than Tenerife' they say (It's going to be apparently). 30c they predict, beating this years previous high of almost 27c (that'll have been 26c then). Rather than 'hotter than Tenerife' they could equally have said 'colder than Russia' for temperatures of 36c have been predicted in some parts of that country this week.

Never mind.

The Mail then went on to somewhat rubbish their own story by showing a met office prediction of: Today Light Rain 22c, Tomorrow Dry and Sunny 24c, Wednesday Sunny 26c but by Friday heavy showers!

Where's the 30c?!

The press have been harping on non stop this summer that a hot, dry and sunny one is predicted. They seem certain on this fact because the met office actually said that they thought (guesswork) that this summer would be warmer and drier than last summer - which was one of the wettest and coolest in memory!

Bunk. My prediction for this summer - unsettled, because the weather is being dominated by westerlies so far, and this will take a lot of changing. We will of course as usual have spells of pretty hot weather (some this week) but I would be surprised if we have a 2003 or 2006 type 'scorcher'. But what do I know?

The press (and to a lesser degree the met office) predict a hot (ish) summer every year now - and a mild winter also.

Sunday, 14 June 2009

I watched Slumdog Millionaire on DVD last night. It was the second time I'd watched it, the first time being at the cinema a couple of months ago.I'm not reviewing the film here but briefly I thought it was well shot with a good soundtrack and was very entertaining. On the negative side there were some plot holes and it was for some reason peddling a pro Islamic message (subtly).

My main beef with the film though is the simple fact that it was marketed as 'The Feelgood Film of the Year'!

What?! Feelgood film!?

When I watched it at the cinema there were parents and teenage daughters there all pop corned up and obviously ready for a 'romcom'. You should have seen their faces after just a few minutes of the film.

Entertaining it was, feelgood it wasn't.

Whoever marketed the film and used that slogan should be electrocuted, or blinded, if you get my drift...